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Commentary

Nature Materials 3, 579–581 (1 September 2004) | doi:10.1038/nmat1207

Food for thought

Athene Donald

Food is a fascinating and important material that requires study of the same intelectual rigour as that performed for the more usual substances reported within materials science journals. A look at some basic foodstuffs helps to identify why, and also why the science involved is intrinsically exciting.